I am officially 20 years old today.  I am getting old! haha

One of the cool things about being an athlete is traveling to other campuses for competition.  Today, the cross country team leaves to go down to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.  I always enjoy being able to see other campuses that I would probably never otherwise see.  Through cross country and track, I have been able to see the campuses of Rose-Holman, Defiance, and Mount St. Josephs.  I have to say that Bluffton probably has the most beautiful looking campus of what I have seen so far.  Another reason why I just Bluffton.  

Spending four hours on a van traveling down to Kentucky should create some new memories with the team.  Hopefully it won't be that long of a drive like I have a feeling it will be.   

After a week like last week, I have been enjoying this week of just being able to relax and hangout with friends.  I haven't had much homework to do, which has been nice considering last week all I felt like I was doing was homework and studying.

Thanksgiving break is only like 4 weeks away and I am looking forward to having that break and spending time with the family.  Speaking of family, I got two cards in the mail today, one from my grandpa and the other from my cousin who is currently in Washington studying at Washington State University.  It was nice to hear from her.  I also worked today, with Lydia and Mark.  I enjoy work, especially since I work with some pretty cool people.  

And to end this entry for today, I just have to say that my birthday is tomorrow! :)

The stressful week is behind me and I am now looking forward to a more relaxing week.  This weekend my friend Alison and I went to my house for the weekend.  

On the ride to my house Friday night, we blasted music in her car and sang along just to celebrate being done with a very stressful week for the both of us.  The rest of that evening we just relaxed and talked.  Saturday, we went to the OSU vs. Purdue game, so we had to be up early, but it was totally worth it.  Alison is from Kansas, so she has never been to an OSU game before, so I was able to show her around the campus and she got a college football game experience in Columbus.  The Buckeyes won 49 to 0 against Purdue, which made me happy.  Alison was really excited to see their marching band perform, which is one of my favorite parts of OSU football games.  They performed music by Elvis for halftime and they were awesome, just like always!   After the game, we walked around the campus for a bit.  I love Ohio State's campus.  If it wasn't for how it big it was, I could definitely see my self going there.  Yet, I like smaller campuses, hence why I am at Bluffton. :) 

This weekend is just what I needed after the stressful week I had.  This week looks to be a not so stressful week.  It is Spiritual Life week here on campus, and each day/evening, there is an event taking place.  I am looking forward to it.  

So I have decided this week is just a busy and insane week.  Midterm exams are taking place, and I have three of them to study for that are on Friday.

College life can be tough.  Between classes, studying, practice, hanging out with friends, and other things, things can get stressful.  I am feeling that stress this week.  I am in full "get things done and be focused" mode.  Along with my tests to study for, I have meetings to go to, cross country practices to do, and homework that is also due this week.  Yet, I am getting through it knowing that once this week is over, I will get a nice chance to relax this weekend, and my friends are also going through  the same thing.  We are helping calming each other down, which is always nice.

Well it is time for me to go back to studying and getting homework done.  Until next time.

Every once in awhile when I get the chance to, I like to be able to go home.  This weekend, I got that chance.  We had our cross country meet on Friday, so after I was done racing, I went home with my parents instead of taking the bus back to Bluffton.  I was able to spend the weekend relaxing and just enjoying time with the family.  My sister had her last high school cross country meet Saturday, so I went to that and watched her run for probably the last time in competitive racing.  My high school team won the GWOC title for the third straight year, so that was awesome to witness.  I also found out some exciting news about my high school cross country coach!  Saturday was going well until OSU played.  We just won't even discuss that.  I also got to see my sister and her friends get ready to go to their last homecoming dance in high school.  Seniors get to dress up to the theme.  My sister and her date went as an OSU cheerleader and Jim Tressel.  They looked awesome!  In fact, everyone that I saw looked awesome in their costumes.

Today, I got to catch up with my best friend from high school.  We went out to eat at Panera Bread for lunch.  It was so great seeing her again!  I love being able to catch up with my high school friends whenever I get the chance.  Then, I came back to Bluffton late this afternoon, and went on a McDonald's run with some of my friends.  All of us are trying to win the 1 million dollar prize in the Monopoly game, but sadly, we did not accomplish that feat tonight.

Pics from my sister's last homecoming:

The cheerleader! 

O-H-I-O with my family!